Stoves, Polish Hall

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Our friend Dave O'Halloran (aka What Wave Dave on CHRW) has been sharing on Facebook, with our grateful permission, photos that we had taken of various bands back in the 1980's. Today, June 21, 2024, Dave writes in 1980's Punk Rockers in London, Ontario group:

"Here's some more Reg Quinton photos. This time it's The Stoves at the Polish Hall on Ann St, London ON, 11/2/1979.

 
This was at least a 4 band Halloween event, with; Demics, NFG, Regulators and Stoves all playing. I've posted pics of NFG and Regulators from that night, now it's time for The Stoves. The band consisted of; Greg Moore (drums), Paul Scriven (guitar, vocals), Rick Washbrook (guitar, vocals) and Scony Action (bass)."

It is great that Dave has been able to firmly date these to Nov 2, 1979; that would have been a Halloween Bash. These have been shared before; see Polish Hall entry of 2015 in this blog.

These photos are definitely pre-Kate and very early in my photographic life. At the time I was a Ph.D. student in Philosophy and taught some introductory courses in Computer Science. There's a picture of my friend Sandy in this collection. Sandy was the administrative secretary in Computer Science and a good friend of ours. We haven't seen her in a very long time; although we did bump into her one time when we were on holidays at a resort in Cuba.

Again, these are pretty rough photos — B/W push processed, grainy, dusty, dirty and out of focus. But there's an occasional gem and they are a record of the event. Many thanks to Dave for his work organizing photos and figuring out the location and event.

— 2024/12/20 I have moved this post to reflect the date of the event.

NFG, Polish Hall

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We're still in Australia but the London Punk music archivist has been busy with old band photos. Our friend Dave O'Halloran (aka What Wave Dave on CHRW) has been sharing on Facebook, with our grateful permission, photos that we had taken of various bands back in the 1980's. Today, June 8, 2024, Dave writes in 1980's Punk Rockers in London, Ontario group:

"Some more Reg Quinton photos. This time it's NFG at what looks like the Polish Hall, Ann St, London ON circa 1979. There were a number of shows at the Polish Hall in the late 70's/early 80's.

At this point in time, the band consisted of; Simon Lewis (guitars/song writing), Larry Gifford guitar, Rob Gliddon bass, Peter Lambert drums and Scott Bentley vocals."

I believe that most of these pictures are from the Polish Hall on November 2, 1979 (Markii Burnaway) before I met Kate. These would have been taken without a flash and are B/W push processed for low light. There are some very poor quality photos there, some are out of focus, etc., but there are quite a few gems.  Usually I'd prune an album down to just the few photos I'm especially proud of. Dave is more encyclopedic in his choice of photos to share. But for an historical record here it is, warts and all.

There are some photos in this collection where I'm pretty sure they're from a Cedar Lounge gig and not the Polish Hall. Scott is in a cowboy outfit, there's a Marilyn poster behind the band (the Polish Hall has drapes behind the band). Some of those photos appear on the back of their EP. See NFG at Cedar Lounge post of 2015 in this blog. Admittedly that collection is a mash up of a couple of gigs. I suspect the close up of Peter on drums is actually from the Cedar Lounge gig and not the Polish Hall as I wouldn't have had that angle to shoot from at the Polish Hall but would at the Cedar Lounge.

These have been shared before; see the NFG, Polish Hall entry of 2015 in this blog and the NFG at Cedar Lounge post mentioned above.

Many thanks to Dave for his work organizing these old photos and figuring out the location and time for many of these. My 15 minutes of fame should be over soon ....

— 2024/12/20 I have moved this post to reflect the time of the event.

Regulators, Polish Hall

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We're only just back from Australia and the London Punk music archivist has been busy with old band photos. Our friend Dave O'Halloran (aka What Wave Dave on CHRW) has been sharing on Facebook, with our grateful permission, photos that we had taken of various bands back in the 1980's. Today, June 17, 2024, Dave writes in 1980's Punk Rockers in London, Ontario group:

"Here's some more Reg Quinton pics. This time it's from the Polish Hall on Ann St and it's the Regulators in action.

The Regulators consisted of; Jeff Morritt on vocals, Debbie Horowitz on keys, Jay Henderson on drums and Dave Lightfoot on bass. They only released one single in their brief existence but appeared on 3 compilations later; Animals Fight Back, Canada's Pissed Volume 2 and Slippery's Club Hits."

I believe these pictures are from 1979, perhaps early 1980 — definitely before I met Kate. These would have been taken without a flash and are B/W push processed for low light. I believe this was the only time I ever saw this band; I suspect this was an event with the Stoves. There are some very poor quality photos there, some are out of focus, etc., but there are quite a few gems. Jeff Morritt had a Lou Reed vibe that caught my attention and Debbie Horowitz ... well of course. Usually I'd prune an album down to just the few photos I'm especially proud of. Dave is more encyclopedic in his choice of photos to share. But for an historical record here it is, warts and all.

These have been shared before; see Polish Hall entry of 2015 in this blog.

Many thanks to Dave for his work organizing photos and figuring out the location and time for many of these. My 15 minutes should be over soon ....

— 2024/12/20 I have moved this post to reflect the date of the event.